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WASHING NITED I STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

STEPHEN B. TILY, JOHN G. REHFUSS, AND MARTIN O. REHFUSS, OF PHILA-DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN WANAMAKER, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FORINSERTING AND FASTENING STRINGS IN LABELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 702,262, dated June10, 1902. Application filed May 31, 1901. serial No. 62,577. (No model.)

To all whom itmwy concern.-

Be it known that we, STEPHEN B. TILY, JOHN G. REHFUSS, and lVIARTIN O.REHFUSS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Machines forInserting and Fastening Strings in Labels, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to certain improve ments in label-makingmachinery, having for its object the provision of a device forautomaticallyinsertingastringthrough the stringhole of a label andfastening together the ends of the same, so that it is retained therein.This object we attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which" Figure 1 is a View of one side ofour improved machine. Fig. 2 is a view of the other side of the same.Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a similar view, the needle-plunger andthe crimping-jaws being removed. Fig. 5 is a view, partly in section, onthe line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View on the line 66, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is aperspective view of a label, showing a string in position in thestring-hole. Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of the plunger with its attachedneedle. Fig. 10 is a front View of our improved machine, showing thethreading-needle lowered, so that it passes through the hole in a label,and illustrating the arm 19 in the act ofpulling the string outinto aloop. Fig. 11 is a side view of the lower front portion of our' machine,showing the position of the various parts at the same point of theiroperation as is illustrated in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a view similar toFig. 11, being partly in section and showing the parts in the positionthey occupyjust before the string is cut by the shears. Fig. 13 is aperspective 'viewofthe crimping-jaws and the stringholding mechanism inthe position occupied just before said jaws place the piece of metallicribbon around the string. Fig. 14 is a perspective View of thecorrugating-piece, showing the ribbon-corrugating die detached; and Fig.15 is a perspective view of the mechanism for holding a cut-oif piece ofribbon in place on the anvil until it is moved forward preparatory tobeing grasped by the crimping-jaws.

It will be understood that while the machine hereinafter described maybe used independently of other mechanism for inserting and fasteningstrings in labels or similar articles we preferably employ it inconnection with a label-making machine described and claimed in anapplication for Letters Patent filed June 4, 1901, Serial No. 63,118.

In the above drawings, Ais the base of the machine, at the ends of whichare two standards or projections a a, there being also a horizontalprojection a at the front of the machine which supports an upright piececarrying a table a This has in it a slot-a running from a point in linewith a stringingneedle,hereinafter to be described,t-o the edge of thetable, the said needle being constructed to pass through said slot. Ashaft Bis supported in suitable hearings in the upright parts a a, andto it is applied the power for operating the machine. These standards aare provided at their upper ends with bearings a? and a for shafts G andD, respectively, the shaft 0 having pinned to it an arm 0, carrying aroller, which is held in engagement with a cam c on the shaft B by aspring 0 v To the front end of the shaft 0 is pinned a second arm 0slotted at the end and having a plunger 0 loosely connected thereto, thesaid plunger moving in a slot or guide formed in a slide E, which isheld to the standard a by plates c c and screws 6'. Fastened to theplunger, as shown in Fig. 5, is a needle 0 of the form shown in Fig. 9,ratherbluntlypoints ed and having a groove 0 running over its surface,and entrance and exit holes 0 and a forthestring. Thereisanotchc inonesideof the needle for a purpose setforth hereinafter.

The plunger is retained within theguide in the slide E by means of theplate 6 and is normally held in an elevated position by means of thespring 0 suspended from an arm e, projecting from the standard a andattachcd to the plunger at the point of its con nection with the arm Theshaft D has an arm d pinned to it, on which is a roller constructed tobe maintained in contact with a cam d on the shaft B by means of aspring 61*. Similarly to the shaft 0 there is an arm d on the front endof the shaft D, and like it also the said arm is loosely connected to aplunger d. The lower end of this plunger fits into a recess formed inthe slide E, and a spring (Z in this recess always tends to elevate it.There is a slot in the upper end of this plunger (1, in which arepivoted the two arms d of the crimping-jaws (1 as shown in Fig. 6. Thesejaws extend downwardly in grooves along the sides of the slide E, beingpivoted together at d and having crimping-dies d of hardened metal, attheir lower ends. Between the plunger 0 and the jaws d and within theslide E are vertical recesses, preferably cylindrical, in which aretubular pieces f, connected rigidly at the bottom by a yoke-piece f andheld together at the top by a piece f The upper portion of each piece fis preferably of smaller diameter than the rest thereof, and around thisdiminished section is a spring f tending always to keep the pieces 'f intheir lower position. Within the said pieces are small rods f joined bya U -shaped piece f normally pressed downwardly by springs f, placed asshown. The rods f" are kept from coming out of place by a horizontalprojection f from the piece f, which is engaged by the U-shaped piece fso as to allow it limited motion. Extending downwardly from the back ofthe yokepiece f are two tooth-like projections f of unequal length,placed immediately behind the piece f and having a tapered openingbetween them. The top cross-piece) is so situated that it will engageand be raised by a projection c on the back of the plunger 0 after saidplunger has been raised a certain distance.

Held to the standards C6 by screws g and extending between saidstandards is a piece G, having a slot in its upper face running itsentire length. Extending through this slot is a rod or bar 9 attached byscrews at the back end of the machine to an upwardly-pro,

jecting arm 9 on the end of which is a roller placed so as to engage acam g on the shaft B, there being a spring g (indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 5) between an abutment g and the said arm g There is ahorizontal slot in this arm, through which passes the metallic ribbon a:on its way toward the front of the machine. The bar g has at its frontend a block or anvil g, the same being constructed to be projectedbeyond the end of the piece G when the raised part of the cam g engagesthe roller on the arm 9 H is a device for feeding forward the metallicribbon, by which the ends of the string are to be fastened togetherafter they have been inserted in a label, the ribbon passing throughsaid device. As shown in Fig. 5, it consists of a hollow shell mountedto slide on the bar 9 being held in position by plates 7L5 and having alever 77/ pivoted within it. This lever has at one end a rollerconstructed to be engaged by a cam h on the shaft B, the said camdepressing the roller against the pressure of a spring 7%, acting on theother end of the lever. To the upper surface of the shell H is fixed aroller h placed in the path of a horizontally-projecting section of thecam 71, whereby the shell H is moved toward the front of the machineagainst the action of a spring h, this latter serving to keep saidroller in contact with the cam. The metallic ribbon passes between thelever h and the bottom piece 7r of the shell H, and there is aguide-piece 7L7 just in front of the piece h, in which is a groove 71for the guidance of the ribbon 0;. Extending from this piece to theplane of motion of a U- shaped shearing-piece k is a piece g havingthrough it a corrugating-piece g, as shown in Fig. 14, grooved so as togive the ribbon a: a flattened U-shaped section as this latter is forcedthrough it. It will be seen that the said piece is cut away in the topand back and has small rods or pins 9 extending across it to retain theribbon in position, while at its front end is a U-shaped die-piece,between which and the channel in the piece 9 the ribbon is given itsfinal shape.

A lever I, Figs. 1 and 2, is pivotally supported on a piece Gr, one ofits ends being provided with a roller placed so as to be engaged by acam i and the .other end being loosely connected to a bar 1', whichslides within a tubular piece i rigidly held to a projection g from thepiece 9. A pair of scissor-blades i is held by a pivot to the end of thetubular piece i being normally retained in an open position by a spring2' and having their handles engaged by arms i pivoted to a saddlelikepiece i, fixed to the piece W. The ends of these pivoted arms are inturn connected to the end of the bar 2" by links which naturally are atan angle to the arms Springs i and i are provided, as shown, and alsotend to keep the scissor-blades open and to cause the roller on thelever I to bear against the cam t'.

A hollow rod K (shown best in Fig. 2) is supported in bearings in thestandards a, the same having keyed to it an arm carrying a roller heldin contact with a circumferential cam is by means of a spring W. Thisrod projects through the frontstandard a, and has keyed to it asecondarm k Whichis provided at its end with a U-shaped shearing-piece7c, constructed to be forced down past a shearing edge at the end of thepiece 9 held just above the anvil g. The shearing-piece 70 is offsetfrom the arm 70 toward the front of the machine and has a small bar Z,which carries a head Z, passing through it, there being a spring-bar 1supported on a pivot Z and passing through the said bar Z. This pivothas fixed to it a piece 1, constructed to be engaged by a projection 70from the arm 70 and in addition passes through the standard it, on

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the other side ofwhich it is provided with a second arm Z held up by aspring Z, as shown in Fig. 1.

Within the hollow rod K is a smaller rod M, having an arm m on its rearend and provided with a roller constructed to be pressed against thecircumference of a cam m by a spring m To the forward end of the rod Mis fixed an arm m having a slot in its lower end, which loosely engagesa pin projecting from the bar on. This bar slides within a guiding-piecemibeing constructed to be periodically moved forward under a pivoted arma when said arm is elevated, and thus to firmly support said arm in itsraised position. This arm, which is supported on a shaft 71 has anupwardly-projecting piece n on its face, and when in its raised positionthis piece fits between two downwardly-projectin g edges on a flatspring 01 suitably held to the piece G, the said shaft n being providedwith a second arm 17. loosely fitting into the slotted end i of a lever72, pivoted to the front standard a.

There is also a spring M, the ends of which are shown in Fig. 2, on thesaid shaft, the same tending to retain the arm n in its lowest position.In front of the projecting part at the upper face of the end of the armn is flat, forming a surface n coaeting with the ends of thecrimping-jaws (1 The lever 92 has a roller at its upper end, bearingupon a cam n on the front face of the cam 7t. There is a second camp onthis front face, the same having.

shown,the length of the said arm and the shape of the hook being suchthat when the said arm is moved forward under the action of the cam 13the hook passes through the notch o" in the side of the needle o thislatter being in its lowest position.

The operation of our improved label-stringing machine is as follows: Theshaft B is revolved at a uniform rate by power from any suitablesource,and labels, for example, of the form shown at Q in Fig. 8, havinga stringhole in them, are supplied periodically to the machine, beingdeposited and held on the table a either by hand or by mechanicalcarriers. A thin metallic ribbon is inserted through the slot in the arm9 and is pushed into the opening in the rear of the shell H. Under theaction of the projection on the circumference of the cam 7t the end ofthe lever h is depressed and the ribbon is then fed by hand far enoughto be engaged by the other end of the lever when the cam has ceasedaction. The horizontal projection on this same cam h then acts on theroller 72, to push forward the whole shell H with the ribbon an, afterwhich the circumferential projection on thecam again acts and theshellis returned channel g in the piece 9 and is finally made to passbetween the pieces g and 9 The result of this action is to turn down theedges of said ribbon in a position at right angles to its width, itbeing thus given a trough-like or inverted- U -shaped section. Themachine should be stopped when the forward end of the ribbon has comeflush withthe end of the piece 9 The needle 0 is then threaded with thestring from which it is desired to form the loops of the labels, thesaid string, from a ball suitably supported, being passed in at theopening 0 down through the groove 0 and rearwardly through the hole 0above one-half inch being allowed to project through this hole. At thebeginning of the cycle of operation performed by one revolution of theshaft 13 the cam 7t moves forward the shell 11 with the ribbon 0;, thuscausing thesaid ribbon to project beyond the end of the piece gSimultaneously the cam 'n, acting through the lever n and the arm 02,causes the arm n to be lowered, whereupon the cam 19 causes the hookedarm 19 to move forward, the position and dimensions of the samedetermining the size of the loop of string to be formed. As this armmoves the needle-plunger c, with the needle, is caused to descend by theaction of the cam 0 upon the arms 0 and c and just afterthe needle,withthe string,passes through the hole in a label properly placed on thetable the hooked end of the arm 19 has passed between the open shears 2'and reached a point beyond or just in front of the said needle, the armn being brought to its lowest position to allow of such action of thearm 19, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. As the needle-plungerc has come down, the tubular pieces f, with their yoke-piece f havemoved down with it until their further motion was stopped by contactwith the table, the projecting end of the string being caught in thetapered opening between the projections f and passing through the smallyoke f is held tightly between the table and the projection f, the labelbeing firmly held between the table and the yoke f By this time theshearing-piece M has been forced downward by the action of the cam 7r.on the arm is, transmitted through the shaft K and would otherwisealmost certainly cause it to change its position upon the anvil beforethe next step of the operation could be accomplished. The cam g now actsthrough the arm g and forces forward the bar gflwith the anvil g and thecut-off piece of curved ribbon, into a position directly under the opencrimpingjaws al The needle by means of its plunger is then forcedfarther downward until the notch therein is on the same level as thehooked end of the arm 1;,tl1e end of the stringbeing held on the tableedge by the action of the projections f of the yoke f and the projectionf and extending across the notch 0 This hooked arm then moves backward,passing through the notch, engaging the string and pulling it out into aloop, the said string feeding through the needle from the source ofsupply, as indicated in dotted lines on Fig. 11. Simultaneously withthis action the crimping-jaws have closed slightly, grasping the pieceof curved ribbon, the anvil immediately thereafter being returned to itsnormal position by springs 9 There are now three sections of the stringin the same plane, as shown in Fig. 13viz., first, about a quarter of aninch of the end which extends horizontally to the rear from the back ofthe tapered slot between the projections f second, the upper section orbody of the loop proper, which passes from the under side of the slot inthe table a to the hooked end of the arm p, and, third, the lowersection of the loop returning from the said arm to the end of theneedle. By the continued action of the cam c on the arm 0 the needle ismoved down still farther, and the arm n is caused to rise, the lowersection of the string-loop between the said arm and the needle thusextending sharply downward between the knives of the shears '5 thevarious parts occupying the relative position shown in Fig. 12. Throughthe action of the camz' upon the pivoted lever I the rod z" is movedforward, thus causing each of the pieces 6 to turn its attached arm i onits pivot in an endeavor to increase the angle between said arm anditself. This action naturally moves the front ends of the arms together,and consequently moves the lower ends or handles of the shears towardone another. The said shears thus begin to close, and the arm 2'continues to move upwardly until immediately after the said shears cutoff the string. The arm n clamps all three of the above-mentionedsections of string between it and the downwardly-projecting edges of thespring n and armp', still retaining the loop in a taut condition. Theshears now return to their normal open position, and the cam d, actingthrough the arms (1 and d forces downward the part E after slightlycompressing the spring 01 and partially closing the crimping-jaws, whichhave the curved piece of ribbon held within their die-pieces d". Thedownward motion noted above is kept up until the part E is stopped bycontact with the yoke-piece f, which is already held tightly against thepiece f on the table (L The continued downward motion of the arm d thenoperates the toggle formed by the arms (i and d first lowering theselatter until the curved ribbon within them extends directly over thethree sections of string and then when the downward motion is checked bytheir coming against the flat surface of the arm of, closing saidcrimping-jaws, thus placing the ribbon over the parts of the string andtightly curling it around the same in the form of a cylinder, as shownat q in Fig. 8. By this means the two ends of the section of string cutoff are clamped to the body of the same, thereby forming two loops, inthe smaller of which the label is strung. Just before the jaws come incontact with the arm the bar on is projected under it by the action ofthe cam m on the arm m, the said bar serving to rigidly support the arm02 during the time which the jaws are pressing upon it. As soon as theends of the loop have been clamped together by the curled-up section ofmetallic ribbon the arm 29 relinquishes its hold upon said string, andthe continued revolution of the cams on the shaft B releases the labeland allows the arms 0 and 1 with the piece E and its attached parts, toreturn to their normal positions under the action of the various springsconnected therewith. The finished label, with its string g asillustrated in Fig. 8, may now be removed from the table a either byhand or by mechanical earriers of the type described and illustrated inour application for patent No. 63,118, filed June 4, 1901.

We claim as our invention 1. In a label-stringing machine thecombination of mechanism for inserting a string through a hole in alabel, means for cutting off a length of said string from a source ofsupply of the same, means for cutting off a piece of metallic ribbon,means for bringing the two ends of the string adjacent to a portion ofthe body thereof, and means for clamping the cut-off piece of saidribbon around the body and said adjacent ends of the length of string,substantially as described.

2. The combination in a label-stringing machine of mechanism forinserting a string through the holeina label, means for cutting off alength of said string from a source of supply of the same, means forcutting off a piece of metallic ribbon and means for clamping thecut-off piece of said ribbon around the two ends of said length ofstring and a portion of the body thereof, with means for bringing thesaid ends and a portion of the body into the same plane before theribbon is clamped in position, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a machine for stringinglabels, of mechanism forinsertinga string through a hole in the label, means for forming thelength of said string into two loops, means for cutting off said lengthof string from the source of supply of the same, and means for clampinga piece of material around the body and the two ends of the said string,

whereby the two loops are held together, the label being strung in oneof the same, substantially as described.

4. Thecombination in alabel-stringing machine, of mechanism for holdingone end of the string, means for inserting a loop of the same through ahole in the label, means for cutting off this loop from the body of thestring, means for laying the two ends and the body of the piece cut offin substantially the same plane, and means for clamping a piece ofmaterial around the three strands of the string and thereby forming twoloops, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a machine for-stringing labels, of mechanism forinserting a string through the hole in the label, means for holding oneend of the string, means for cutting off a length of the same from asource of supply, means for holding the end of the piece cut off to thebody part of the same, means for cutting off a piece of material, meansfor laying the two ends and the body of the piece cut oif insubstantially the same plane, and means for clamping the cut-off pieceof material around the said three strands of the string substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination in a machine of the character described, of a needlefor inserting a string through a hole in a label, means for holding thesaid label, .means for forming a loop in the string after it has beenput through the label, means for cutting the string from the main supplyof the same, mechanism for clamping a piece of materialaround the endsof the string, with means for tightly holding the string both in frontofand behind the said clamping mechanism while it is in action,substantially as described.

7. The combination in a machine of the character described, of mechanismforcutting off and holding a piece of string, mechanism forintermittently feeding a piece of material to be clamped around the endof said string, means for corrugating said material, means for cutting apiece of it off from the main body of the same and means for clamping itaround said end of the piece of string, substantially as described.

8. The combination in alabel-stringing machine of the characterdescribed, of mechanism for inserting a string in a label, means forcutting off a length of said string, means for cutting off a piece ofmaterial to be used for fastening the ends of said string together withmeans for bringing the ends and a part of the body portion of the stringadjacent to each other and under the piece of cut-off ma terial, andmeans for fastening said piece of material around the said ends and thebody, substantially as described.

9. The combination in a label-stringing machine, of a table, areciprocating plunger, a stringing-needle carried thereby, mechanismactuated by said plunger for holding and retaining one end of thestring, an arm for forming a loop in the string after it has been passedthrough a hole in the label, with means for cutting ed the string fromits source of supply, means for bringing the ends and a portion of thebody of said string adjacent to each other, and means for clamping apiece of material around the said two ends and the body of thestring,whereby two loops are formed, the label being in one of the same,substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the character described, a reciprocating plungercarrying a needle having a passage within and on one side of it, and asecond passage through it from front to rear, in combination withmechanism for forming a length of string into a loop as it passes fromone of the passages to the other, together with means for cutting oil?the said length of string from the main supply there,- of, means forbringing the ends of the cut-0E length adjacent to each other, and meansfor fastening the said ends thereof together, substantially asdescribed.

11. The combination of a reciprocating plunger, a needle carriedthereby, having one passage through its side and a second passagethrough it from front to rear, with a groove connecting the passages, anotch in the side of the needle, a pivoted arm having one endconstructed to pass through said notch and to engage the stringextending from one of said passages to the other, together with meansfor cutting off lengths of string, and means for fastening together theends thereof after the said string has been inserted through the hole inthe label, substantially as described.

12. In a label-stringing machine, the combination of mechanism forinserting astring through a hole in a label, means for cutting off adefinite length of said string, with means for feeding a strip ofmaterial, means for periodically cutting off pieces of the same, a

pair of jaws constructed to grasp one of said pieces and means foroperating the same whereby they may be made to curl said piece ofmaterial around the ends and a portion of the body of the piece ofstring inserted through the label together with means for bringing thesaid three strands of the string into substantially the same planeprevious to the operation of the jaws, substantially as dc scribed.

13. In a label-stringing machine, the combination of mechanism forinserting a string through a hole in a label, means for cutting off adefinite length of said string, means for feeding a strip of material,means for curling the edges of the same, aknife for cutting off thestrip, jaws having a curved recess in them constructed to grasp saidcut-01f piece of strip, and means for causing said jaws to place thepiece of strip material over the ends and the body of the piece ofstring which had been inserted in the label, together with means forbringing the said three strands of the string into substantially thesame plane previous to the operation of the jaws, sub stantially asdescribed.

14c. The combination in a machine having means for inserting a string ina label and for cutting 01f said string from its source of supply, areciprocating shell or carriage for feeding forward a strip of material,a knife for cutting said material into pieces, an anvil on which saidpieces are deposited when out off, a pair of jaws having in them arecess, means for moving the anvil into a position in which the jaws maygrasp the piece of material and means for operating the jaws whereby thesaid piece of material is clasped around the ends of the stringsubstantially as described.

15. The combination in a machine of the character described, of meansfor inserting a string through a hole in a label, means for cutting offsaid string from its source of supply, jaws for clamping a piece ofmaterial around the body of the cut-off piece of string and the two endsthereof, means for holding together the three strands of the string,said means including an arm against which said jaws act when inoperation and means for rigidly supporting said arm during the operationof the jaws, substantially as described.

16. In a label-stringing machine, the combination with means forinserting a string through the hole in a label and means for cutting offa length of said string from the source of supply, of means for bringingboth ends and the body of said piece of string into the same plane andmechanism for fastening said ends and said body together, therebyforming two loops, the label being on one of the same, substantially asdescribed.

17. Inamachineofthe characterdescribed, the combination of a table forholding a label, a needle-plunger, a slide movable in guides and inwhich said plunger is constructed to move, jaws pivoted together andyieldingly connected to said slide, with means for operating theneedle-plunger whereby it is made to insert a piece of string in thehole in a label, means forcutting olf said string from its source ofsupply, means for feeding and cutting off a strip of material forfastening the ends of the string, and means for operating the jawswhereby they act to curl the said piece of material around the ends ofthe string, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STEPHEN B. TILY.

JOHN G. REl-IFUSS.

MARTIN O. REl-IFUSS.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, Jos. H. KLEIN.

